[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 148 (Wednesday, October 5, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1047-D1048]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FEDERAL BUDGET DEFICIT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Economic Policy concluded a hearing to examine perspectives on the 
economic implications of the Federal budget deficit, after receiving 
testimony from Maya MacGuineas, New America Foundation Committee for a 
Responsible Federal Budget, and Douglas Holtz-Eakin, American Action 
Forum, both of Washington, D.C.; and Roger C. Altman, Evercore 
Partners, New York, New York.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Susan Denise Page, of Illinois, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of South Sudan, Adrienne S. O'Neal, of 
Michigan, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cape Verde, Mary Beth 
Leonard, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Mali, 
and Mark Francis Brzezinski, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to

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Sweden, all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Ernest Mitchell, Jr., 
of California, to be Administrator of the United States Fire 
Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of 
Homeland Security, after the nominee testified and answered questions 
in his own behalf.
FOOD SERVICE MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Ad Hoc 
Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight concluded a hearing to examine 
food service management contracts, focusing on if contractors are 
overcharging the government, after receiving testimony from Phyllis K. 
Fong, Inspector General, Office of Inspector General, Department of 
Agriculture; John F. Carroll, State of New York Assistant Attorney 
General, New York; and Charles Tiefer, University of Baltimore School 
of Law, Baltimore, Maryland.
THE ROLE OF JUDGES UNDER THE CONSTITUTION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
considering the role of judges under the Constitution of the United 
States, after receiving testimony from Associate Justice Stephen 
Breyer, and Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, both of The Supreme Court 
of the United States.